Below, we rounded up some of millennials’ most significant departures from tradition – “tradition” being the way their parents did things. Read on to find out how this much-maligned generation is changing life as we know it.

Instead of preparing meals, millennials are more likely to order takeout.

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The food industry is responding to major shifts in the way young people eat.

Business Insider’s Akin Oyedele reported that millennials spent the least amount of time on meal preparation compared with older generations. Instead, they’re more likely to eat at restaurants, pick up prepared meals, or order delivery.

Instead of drinking beer, millennials prefer wine and spirits.

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Millennials are drinking less alcohol than older generations in general. But when they do drink, they prefer wine and spirits to beer.

Citing Nielsen data, Business Insider’s Kate Taylor reported that beer penetration in the US market fell by 1% from 2016 to 2017 while wine and spirits stayed the same. UBS and Goldman Sachs have also found that millennials are less interested than previous generations in beer.

Instead of attending lectures, millennials want to learn online.

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It’s screens versus lectures.

Business Insider reported on a survey in which 69% of people 18 to 34 years old said they thought they learned more from technology than from people, compared with 50% of people older than 45 who said the same.

And there’s evidence that Generation Z – those born after millennials – could be even more disinclined to pursue higher education, especially to avoid falling into debt.

Instead of keeping their salary secret, millennials may share it with coworkers.

Instead of waiting for an annual performance review, millennials crave more frequent feedback.

IBM, for example, ditched it for a system called Checkpoint, through which feedback is given on at least a quarterly basis. The company also uses an app called ACE to facilitate a more casual, ongoing dialogue among employees.

Experts say these changes reflect a shift in how millennials think about delivering and receiving feedback.

Samantha Klein, a former representative of IBM’s Millennial Corps, told Business Insider that millennials “don’t want an annual review.”

“We don’t want to wait until the end of the year to hear about what we’ve done right or wrong what we can improve upon,” Klein said.

Instead of moving in together after getting married, many millennials cohabitate before.

One survey found that 72% of millennials believe cohabitation before marriage is a good idea, compared with 63% of baby boomers.

INSIDER’s Kim Renfro reported that some sociologists think there could be a link between declining divorce rates and more people deciding to live together before marriage. Presumably, that’s because people have a longer window of time to realise whether they’re compatible.

Instead of buying starter homes, millennials are waiting until they can afford bigger houses.

Yes, millennials are interested in buying homes, just like previous generations. But they’re renting longer, waiting it out until they can afford the real deal.

On an episode of Business Insider’s podcast, “Success! How I Did It,” Spencer Rascoff, the CEO of the real-estate website and app Zillow, broke it down for our US editor-in-chief, Alyson Shontell:

“Homebuilders really only build high-end houses now. It’s very difficult for a builder to get it to pencil to build a 2,500-square-foot, 2,000-square-foot, 1,500-square-foot starter home, because they can just make so much more money building a 6,000-square-foot-plus home.”

As a result, Rascoff said, home prices shoot up, leaving minimal inventory at the middle and low end of the housing market – and causing many millennials end up renting into their 30s.

Instead of shopping at department stores, millennials are dressing in so-called fast fashion.

Sayonara, Sears – plus Kmart and Macy’s. All three chains are closing stores, Business Insider’s Hayley Peterson has reported.

Business Insider’s Kate Taylor reported that the closures are partly due to millennials not buying from aspirational, designer brands but from private-label lines and fast-fashion brands like H&M and Zara.